Improvement in hats



JOHN W. MCGILL, Oli WASIIINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No. 109,641, dated November 29,'1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent anc xaking part o the lama.

fo all yzrhouz it may conrrrn:

Be it. known that I, JOHN W` MCGILL, of't-he cit-y :unl county ofsi'ashingion, in the District ofOolnmrba, have invented n new and useful Improvement iu the Construction and Manufacture of Hats und Caps; :infiel fin-hereby dec-lare' the"bllowingtube'l and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying dran-ing making part of this` specilioation and to the letters and figures marked tiierenin My invention relates to the manufacture of hats and caps, and consists in making the lower portion of the crown and outer portion of the brim ot' tbe same ot a material similar to the rest of the hat, but of a. diiibrent color or colors, or shade oi' color, whether by coloring the material before it is worked into th'e hat,-

or after the hat or cap has been made.

The object ot' my invention is to give to hats and cups, without binding and bands, all the finished appearance 'possessed by the same when4 bound and banded with silk, ribbon, 86e., thereby obvintin'g the expense ot' the saine, and making the hat much lighter.

In the accompanying drawingrepresents the body ofA the hat.

B represents an annular section vof the lewerpor-` tion of the crown of the. same, made'ot' n different this 8th (my of March, 1870.

color from that inthe rest of the crown, so as'to'represent a. band of silk, ribbon, &c.`

C represents the brim of the hat, und

1) is a section of tbe same, colored as at B, and intended to represent a binding of silk, &c., around the ,5mm We (Z is n buckle or bow, made ot the saine material. E represents a cap made in this manner.

It is obvious that this invention is alike applicable ,to hats, caps, bonnets, and all other artilesof apparel for the bead.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, p

'What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-', l

As 'nu article-,of manuiiet-ure, a Ahet whoseiower body portion or band point, and outer brim portion.

one'or both, z'ne colored to'mitate va band or binding, substantially as herein set fort-h and. described.

In testimony tha-t I claim the foregoing improvementiu hats and oops, I have hereunto setmy hand JoHN W, Moennig.

Witnesses:

' GEO. jW. MoGmL,

EDM. F. BROWN. 

